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Discount Rates for Economic Appraisal of Public Sector Expenditures

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  • Glenn P. Jenkins

    (Department of Economics, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada and Eastern Mediterranean University, North Cyprus)

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The question of what is the appropriate discount rate to employ in public sector investment appraisal has been the subject of a theoretical debate in the economics literature for over a decade. In recent years, however, most of the points of disagreement in the theory have become better understood and hence a large degree of reconciliation has taken place. Central to this controversy was whether the appropriate parameter to use as the social discount rate should be the social value of the marginal product of investment in the private sector, the social rate of time preference or the social opportunity cost of capital. This paper presents the different arguments on the Discount Rates for Economic Appraisal of Public Sector Expenditures.

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  • Glenn P. Jenkins, 1980. "Discount Rates for Economic Appraisal of Public Sector Expenditures," Development Discussion Papers 1980-14 Publication statu, JDI Executive Programs.
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    1. Anonymous, 1981. "Introduction [The Social Discount Rate for Canada: A Further Analysis]," Canadian Public Policy, University of Toronto Press, vol. 7(3), pages 378-380, Summer.
    2. Claude Montmarquette & Iain Scott, 2007. "Taux d'actualisation pour l'évaluation des investissements publics au Québec," CIRANO Project Reports 2007rp-02, CIRANO.
    3. M. T. Sumner, 1980. "Comments on the Public-Sector Discount Rate: Response to Jenkins [Benefit-Cost Analysis in Canadian Practice]," Canadian Public Policy, University of Toronto Press, vol. 6(4), pages 648-650, Autumn.

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    • H43 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods - - - Project Evaluation; Social Discount Rate

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